How do you feel when you hear that marriages aren't lasting as long as they used to? Today's marriages are lasting about 2 to 6 years.
by 
Challenger
ANSWERS: 17
-
I have no comment. Mine is rapidly approaching 17 years... Oh, wait... we're gay... that must be why gay marriage is so threatening... we're better at it? LOL! I was one of the longest marriages at my high school reunion...
-
i think that people no longer view marriages as a committemt-just something they do. you don't even want to hear my story but take the notion of decades into mind.
-
I feel sad. I also feel that it's because many get married to fast or too young and than others don't understand that "happiness is being married to your best friend." Also some don't understand the concept of compromise or self sacrifice.
-
Wow I feel kinda old and married. It's been 20 years for us and we're gay.
-
I believe this to be true. This is a disposible society now. Years ago..you would never divorce...but now days it is an option that is used all the time.
-
It makes me sad. People don't really understand the true definition of "A marriage". The only thing that comes to mind is a huge party where they get to be the prettiest girl at the ball or gets to go home with the prettiest girl at the ball. People want to be the exception. They think that THEY have the real prince charming, until one day he wakes up and his hair is out of place and his socks and underwear are strewn all over the floor and she's nagging at him to pick up his sh*t and finally fix that leak under the kitchen sink- and then they think "this isn't what I signed up for"... but it really is. It's not all perfect, but people always seem to think that theirs will be. Sad but true.
-
Just another reinforcement of my "no marry rule".
-
How can anyone expect today's marriages to last when for the last 40 years people have been raised to believe that "the world revolves around me"? Selfish people do not know how to compromise.
-
I feel very lucky to know my husband and I will be together for the rest of our lives. We recently celebrated 15 years, and it keeps getting better.
-
How do I feel about marriage today? Indifferent. It's almost like there's no point in getting married anymore.
-
we live in a fast-aged and remote-controlled environment. we're taught to believe that if we don't like something we should just change the channel, which everyone does all the time...it's too darn easy to get married and divorced. If this country wants the institution to stay around it should ask potential marriages to go through a much tougher process, same thing for divorces.
-
I just think the concept of marriage is old school. Its hit or miss with a 50% failure rate and its not worth it financially to take the risk.
-
It makes me sad, because that's what everyone told us when my husband I got married just because we are both young. Divorce is just too easy now, and it seems like the smallest arguement they go and file for a divorce, without try to work it out. When you get married you have to work at it everyday.
-
We should try old traditional value again. Man works , mom take care house and kids. Back then life was friendlier job were easy to find. The problem is now more and more chalenges out there, economy hardship, moral degradation contribute too, people practise free sex and beyond marriage. Life is getting harder now and people's life are more stressfull and challeged. Make them easy to lose control and make short cuts in every aspeft of life. Including marriage life.
-
People don't want to try anymore. I find that totally lame.
-
Maybe they're getting time off for good behavior.
-
I think what is the big deal since people act married for years before they get married. that alone disolves the importance. to me it has value, but to many others it just means they can share insurance.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC